Fuel Oil News articles from August 2000

Fuel Oil News archives from August 2000

Price spike countermeasures considered in New Jersey.
August 1, 2000... Legislation that would help to reduce the pressure on heating oil prices due to low inventory levels is under consideration by New Jersey lawmakers. One bill would require interruptible natural gas customers to have a three-week supply of...

Tight oil supplies? "Blame Canada".
August 1, 2000... Perhaps in another example of life imitating art, the Academy Award-nominated song "Blame Canada" might be an appropriate theme to lament tight oil supplies. Canada, not OPEC, is the No. 1 energy supplier to the United States and has nearly...

NYMEX to launch Web exchange.
August 1, 2000... The New York Mercantile Exchange is implementing "eNymex," an Internet exchange for trading oil products on a cash and private-derivatives basis. The program is expected to be launched this autumn. Earlier this year, NYMEX declined an offer to...

Vermont association conference a success.
August 1, 2000... The Vermont Petroleum Marketers Conference this past spring was a huge success, according to association officials. Nearly 150 people attended the education sessions and luncheon, and some 20 exhibitors were on hand to display products and...

DOE releases report on Northeast market.
August 1, 2000... In response to President Clinton's request for a 60-day study on the Northeast heating oil market, the Department of Energy has issued a report that explains the role played by the residential, commercial, industrial and electricity-generation...

OHI of Eastern N.Y. becomes ESPA chapter.
August 1, 2000... Renegade oil marketers in the Oil Heat Institute of Eastern New York have buried the hatchet with the Empire State Petroleum Assn. and have become a chapter of the state association. Under the agreement, all OHIENY members automatically become...

Electricity marketer dumps residential customers.
August 1, 2000... In what might be a sign of things to come, about 40,000 residential customers will have to find another power company in Pennsylvania. That's because Conectiv Inc. has exited the market, citing an inability to make money selling power to this...

Peerless and Mestek settle dispute.
August 1, 2000... Peerless Heater Co. and Mestek, Inc. have jointly announced a complete and final settlement of the pending litigation between the two companies. Officials of both companies expressed their satisfaction with the settlement and reaffirmed their...

New York, Connecticut to ban MTBE.
August 1, 2000... Governors of New York and Connecticut recently signed legislation to ban MTBE in their states. In Connecticut, MTBE in gasoline will be outlawed on Oct. 1, 2003. In New York, it will be banned effective Jan. 1, 2004. The measures were...

Record fuel production levels achieved in May.
August 1, 2000... "May was a strong month for U.S. refineries," the American Petroleum Institute reported in its Monthly Statistical Report. A record level of production for this time of year resulted in new highs for the month of May for gasoline, distillate...

Is training on the right track?
August 1, 2000... Should oil heat trade associations have their own training programs? That ma sound like a ridiculous question, inasmuch as education was one of the primary reasons that the trade associations were formed in the first place. However, time change...

C&S Scientific acquires Parke Hill's additives.
August 1, 2000... C & S Scientific Corp. of Hightstown, N.J., has acquired the fuel oil additive division of Parke Hill Chemical Co., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. The acquisition makes C & S Scientific one of the leading developers and suppliers of fuel additives to the...

Petro participates in Internet fuel sales.
August 1, 2000... Essential.com, an Internet-based company specializing in energy and communications, has announced the availability of heating oil to small businesses and households from Massachusetts to Virginia through a retail supplier relationship with...

Energy Kinetics contest winners announced.
August 1, 2000... Brent Bushnell, JMS Plumbing in New York, and Darryl Stepney, Carrol Independent Fuel Co. in Maryland, each won first place in the "A Race for the Pole" contest held by Energy Kinetics at the recent National Assn. of Oil Heating Services...

ASHRAE publishes 2000 handbook.
August 1, 2000... The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers has published the 2000 ASHRAE handbook, (HVAC Systems and Equipment). The new ASHRAE Handbook features a chapter on air cleaners for particulate contaminants...

Heating trade mission to Russia planned.
August 1, 2000... The Department of Commerce is inviting United States manufacturers of heating equipment to participate in a trade mission to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 15-21, 2000. The mission is an opportunity for companies to learn about the...

RPA board elects new officers.
August 1, 2000... Ted Lowe, IPEX, continues as president of the Radiant Panel Assn., and Ken Barney, Thornton Plumbing and Heating, continues as vice president. They were re-elected at the RPA annual election during the group's convention in May. Also elected...

Southeast Petro-Food Expo in Charlotte.
August 1, 2000... The Southeast Petro-Food Marketing Exposition Aug. 15-17 in Charlotte's Convention Center will feature a performance by country singer Lee Greenwood, a floating money grab booth, a seminar on high-volume retailers and a seminar on hourly...

Pennsylvania show to feature concurrent seminars.
August 1, 2000... Concurrent seminars on the latest SPCC regulations and the state of convenience store marketing will be one of the high-lights of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Assn. biennial convention and trade show at the Hershey...

Carlin University: Training on the go.
August 1, 2000... Carlin University focuses on the importance of education Full classes of heating oil students are packing classrooms across the country to learn about the industry's latest techniques and technologies from the "professors" of Carlin...

Train employees to keep customers happy.
August 1, 2000... Propane Resources offers marketers computer-based study courses Just say the word "training" and a number of business owners and managers in the propane industry get a bad feeling. "Training" to some means lost man-hours, high costs...

NAOHSM Report.
August 1, 2000... Service managers' show has large attendance jump More than 4,400 people attended this year's National Assn. of Oil Heating Service Managers annual convention and trade show at the Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania....

Strictly Personal.
August 1, 2000... Jonathan Beckett has been named commercial division manager at R.W. Beckett Corp. He is responsible for overseeing the company's commercial operations, including burner production, sales, and engineering. He is part of the third generation of...

Get rich faster and younger.
August 1, 2000... The Roth IRA is the new tax darling for the masses. Banks, mutual funds and stockbrokers are having a feeding frenzy trying to sell these new tax-free wonders. And rightly so. If you qualify, they're terrific. Put in $2,000, or $4,000 if you're...

Out with the old, in with the new.
August 1, 2000... As I travel about doing my training program that often involves a mix of beginners and advanced service technicians, I often hear the statement made, "When will we ever get rid of the junk that we have been working on for so many years?" Eddie,...

The sea captain s steam system.
August 1, 2000... I heard of a problem job this past heating season that I just have to share. A contractor friend of mine got a call to take a look at a steam job with banging pipes. He had never worked on this house before and being very busy, he was going to...

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